CAIRO: Egypt’s state prosecutor ordered on Monday the sons of ousted president Hosni Mubarak be detained for another 15 days on suspicion of corruption, judicial officials said.
Alaa and Gamal Mubarak were first remanded into custody on April 13 along with their father, who is suspected of involvement in the deaths of anti-regime protesters.
"The state prosecutor ordered the detention of Alaa and Gamal renewed for 15 more days," the officials said.
Hosni Mubarak, who reportedly suffered a heart attack during an interrogation, is under arrest in a hospital room in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, while Alaa and Gamal are in Cairo’s Tora prison.
Gamal, a former investment banker who ascended the former ruling party’s ranks, was widely believed to have had ambitions to succeed his father as president.
Mubarak’s 30-year ruled ended on Feb. 11 in the face of mass protests.
